RY Weekly - Math Edition

 Complete with interviews, surveys, and information, this edition is all about my favorite topic, math!

About Math

Math is a skill with other skills kids learn about things they may use to take on real life situations. For example, have you ever been in a situation that you had 20,000 dollars, deposit 500 dollars into a bank and withdraw 250 dollars, so you want to know how much you have left? Use math! In 4RY, we can challenge ourselves by picking a challenge on the challenge wall! There are challenges A through L, plus a wizard challenge if we REALLY want to challenge ourselves! From Monday to Thursday, we usually do a stations-related activity. There are 3 stations, the Teaching Station, where we learn a certain skill, the Independent Station, where we practice the thing we learned at the Teaching Station, and the Game Station, where we have fun while learning! On Friday, we do Hands-on Equations, where we learn Algebra!

Unit 3 of Math

In our last unit of math, we learned about multiplication vocabulary and more things about numbers! Want to know the definition of a multiple? Here’s one! “A number you obtain by skip counting by another number. For example, the first 5 multiples of 4 are 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20.”

“Not so Challenging” Survey

This week’s math question is: Are

the math challenges that you have

done HARD? Here’s the results.

1 person found the math challenges hard, 10 people found the math challenges easy, 8 people found the math challenges kind of hard, and 3 people haven’t done any math challenges yet! I respect all of your opinions. If you see me coming around with a survey, feel free to call me over and answer!

Interview

Here’s an interview with one of our respected and wise students, Thomas Hodge! Our first question we asked to him was “What goal are you trying to accomplish in Unit 3?” His amazing answer was “The goal that I am trying to accomplish in Unit 3 is to improve my skills that i practice in this unit.” Our next question was “ Do you feel you are accomplishing that goal you have set in Unit 3?” His next amazing answer was “Yes, I feel that I am accomplishing that goal I have set in Unit 3.” Our third and final question was “And most of all, are you having fun?” His wise and descriptive answer was “Yes!” That’s all for now, keep an eye out for our next edition!